Written by Niha Hasan
Rating 5/5
"This story is emotionally charged about domestic violence, abuse, music, animal love, and one's own worth..."
Review
๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, is a dark tale of Beck Keverich, the son of a famous german pianist Ida Magdalena Keverich. Beckโs mother is no longer playing piano because of her stroke rehabilitation. Since then, her goal in life is to make her son into a younger version of herself so that the world doesnโt forget her name and her genius playing skills. She always physically abuses him for never being a perfect pianist. But still, Beck doodles his own compositions inside of his head. He has a head full of his own music that no one else seems to care about. He wants to cut off his hands so that he canโt play anymore, but at the same time he wants his mother to say well done, and searches for her approval. He wants to be the best brother he can be to his 5 year old little sister Joey, and buy her chocolates daily. He always wants a friend. And because of this, he finds August, the sunny girl who never wears shoes, and who brings confidence to Beck and helps him to unlock his own music. August is the safest place Beck has, because he wants to be uncountable at times, to feel possibilities. After playing a thousand wrong notes, Beck can finally make his Keverich name shine because of August.
Character Analysis
๐ฝ๐๐๐ โ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง is the most violent character Iโve ever seen. I hate the way she tries using her son to make her own dreams come true. It was the most heart-wrenching cruelty to see. Yet, I also came to like that strong, addressing aspect about her. I found that ๐ฝ๐๐๐ is one of the most precious boys in fiction. He is the sweetest elder brother ever. Meanwhile, ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฎ is the most adorable little thing Iโve ever seen, which makes me want to take her into my lap and treat her with lots of chocolate bars. When I read the line โ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ - ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐จ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ดโ- tbh, my heart started aching and I wanted to jump into the pages of the book to hug her for hours. And, of course, the character ๐ผ๐ช๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ is the ray of sunshine within this dark tale. I loved the relationship between August and Beck. It was pure and bright.โ
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Overall, I truly loved the writing style of this book. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ one's ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต.